Thomas Beecham: An Obsession With Music [The Birth of the Pill -- The Mecca of Globules -- Banishment -- Orchestral Fireworks -- Elektra and the Baptist -- Guilty-or Not Guilty? -- Towards the Abyss -- Battle for Music -- A Mountain of Debts -- The Bull of Bashan -- The Twopenny Opera -- 'Just Listen to This' -- The Shadows Lengthen -- Adventures in Australia -- Enter Miss Humby -- Divorce in Boise -- The Royal Years ]
Language: English
Published by Boydell & Brewer Group Ltd, New York, 2008, 2008
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[1st ed., 1st printing] ; xi, 388 p., [16] p. of plates ill. 1 Compact Disc ISBN 9781843836261, 1843836262 OCLC 938891834 and 1376105765 ; black cloth in photographic dustjacket ; Includes a full-length CD of Sir Thomas Beecham rehearsing the RPO, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; it features music by Haydn, Mozart, Händel, Liszt and some excerpts from Beethoven's Fifth Symphony ; Contents: The Birth of the Pill -- The Mecca of Globules -- Banishment -- Orchestral Fireworks -- Elektra and the Baptist -- Guilty-or Not Guilty? -- Towards the Abyss -- Battle for Music -- A Mountain of Debts -- The Bull of Bashan -- The Twopenny Opera -- 'Just Listen to This' -- The Shadows Lengthen -- Adventures in Australia -- Enter Miss Humby -- Divorce in Boise -- The Royal Years ; FINE.
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- Title
- Thomas Beecham: An Obsession With Music [The Birth of the Pill -- The Mecca of Globules -- Banishment -- Orchestral Fireworks -- Elektra and the Baptist -- Guilty-or Not Guilty? -- Towards the Abyss -- Battle for Music -- A Mountain of Debts -- The Bull of Bashan -- The Twopenny Opera -- 'Just Listen to This' -- The Shadows Lengthen -- Adventures in Australia -- Enter Miss Humby -- Divorce in Boise -- The Royal Years ]
- Author
- Lucas, John [subject: Beecham, Thomas, 1879-1961]
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Group Ltd, New York, 2008
- Publication year
- 2008
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Book Type
- Book
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1843834022
- ISBN 13
- 9781843834021
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
Drawing upon extensive research, Lucas presents new material on his early years, his complicated private life, his father's catastrophic attempt to buy a large part of Covent Garden - which brought the family to its knees financially - and the orchestras and opera companies that Beecham founded. New light is shed on his visits to Nazi Germany and his view of its leaders, as well as the much misunderstood and previously unchronicled years of the Second World War, which he spent in Australia and America.
Thomas Beecham: An Obsession with Music will change the way we view this complex personality and remain the standard biography for years to come.
JOHN LUCAS was on the staff of the Observer for 25 years, completed Peter Heyworth's monumental biography of Otto Klemperer, wrote the biography of Reginald Goodall, and is responsible for the current entries on Beecham and Klemperer in the New Grove.
BEECHAM IN REHEARSAL: This book will include a full-length CD of Beecham rehearsing the RPO. It features music by Haydn, Mozart, Handel, Liszt and a remarkable movement from Beethoven's 5th Symphony.
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A thorough study of a man who changed the face of British music forever.
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